Handsaw



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HANDSAW.

Patentedan. 1, 1884.

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CORNELIUS TENNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEVYORK.

HANDSAW.

SPECIFIC'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,424, dated January1, 18%?4,

Application filed November 9, 1853.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS TnNNiY, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Handsaws; and I do`declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such `as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters and figures of reference' markedithereon, which forma part of this specification.

` In the manufacture of saw-handles, among 'the objects sought, one isto effect a rigid and strong connection between the handle. and blade,to prevent the breaking of the handle ing to the size and character ofthe hole in the handle which receives the hand, said handle beingslitted almost its entire length to receive or admit the said extensionsufficiently far into it to bring the opening therein into eoincidencewith the hole in the handle, after which, of course, `the latter wasriveted to the blade in the ordinary manner. 4The objections to thismethod of bracing the handle are the ad= ditional trouble and timerequired to make the opening in the blade and the eXtra depth of slit inthe handle, and the securing of the end of the blade in rear of thehand-hole into the handle. Another difficulty arising from this methodof bracing the handle is the liability of the metal edges of the openingof the blade extension `to protrude around theedges of the coincidentopening of the handle, which may arise under various circumstances, andinjure the hand or render the hand uncomfortable. i

To obviate these inconveniences and drawbacks is the object of myinvention; and it therefore consists of a brace of the construe (Nomodel.)4

tion hereinafter described and claimed, whereby a handle, either ofordinary construction `or which may be of reduced size and connected tothe blade in the ordinary way, can be firmly and strongly braced at itspoint of connection to the blade.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a saw-handleand aportion of the blade, all of the usual construction, with myimprovement applied tl1ereto5and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thebrace.

In carrying out this invention the rear end or edge of the blade A, atits lower corner, may be extended somewhat rearwardly, as at a, afterwhich the handle B, which may be of either ordinary construction, orwhich may be reduced to a minimum size, as shown, is then provided witha shallow slit extending only to the dotted lines a of Fig. 1. Thispermits of the making of a very light handle, and consequently one onlyrequiring a minimum amount of material for its manufacture.

C is a brace, made of strong :met-al, one end of which is formed with aneye, c, adapted to t against the under side of the handle B, near thelower horn thereof, and to which it is secured by a screw or othersuitable fastening. From the eye c, tbe remaining portion of the brace,in its relative position to the handle, extends obliquel y downward andforward, and embraces the lower rear edge, a, of the blade,

said brace being provided with a slot, c, to re-` ceive the said edge,to which it is secured by a rivet, d, passed through the brace andsawblade This arrangement effects a firm and strong connection betweenthe blade and handle, (secured to the latter in the ordinary manner, asshown,) strengthens the blade, and reenforces the weak portion of thehandle, pre= venting the liability of its breaking at that point, whileit obviates the elongation ofthe rear end of the blade and theextraordinary length of slit or slot heretofore made in the handle toreceive the blade, said slot or slit almost severing the handle in two.

I am aware that it is not broadly new in haudsaws to secure tothe loweredge of a hany dle a brace having a groove to receive the tail of theblade, the inner ends of the arms ofthe brace having a bridge whichrests upon the 1 havingforwardly-projecting slotted arxns r1n- 1o edgeof the blade. ly riveted orbolted to the blade, as and for Having thusfully described my invention, the purpose set forth. what I Claim, anddesire to secure by Letters In testimony whereof I ax my signature in5'Patent, ispresence of two Witnesses.

In a handsaw, the combination of a blade CORNELIUS TENNEY. and handle,eonstru eted substantially as shown W'ituesses:

and described7 with a brace secured to the DANIEL C. MMANUS, handleabout opposite the hand-opening, and l ERWIN D. BUCKMAN.

